The cap is half of Uber’s efforts to be sure its drivers aren’t
overworking, or driving whereas drained.

In his letter, Byrne stated Uber already screens drivers who work
greater than 56 hours per week. The app additionally reminds drivers via
the day to take breaks and provides different street security recommendation.

Byrne wrote:

“In London we additionally monitor companions who [work] greater than 56 hours
on journeys over the course of every week. If any companion exceeds this
threshold they’re contacted by the staff and reminded about their
obligations to the security of their passengers.

We are additionally planning to introduce a limit to the number of hours
that companions are in a position to drive in the UK. We are nonetheless
contemplating the parameters and the engineering work required, however
we anticipate to have the opportunity to introduce the answer by summer time 2017.”

It is not clear what the cap is, how or whether or not Uber plans to
implement the limit, or the way it will advise drivers on any shortfall
in revenue.

Uber is presently underneath scrutiny from the Work and Pensions
Committee, which is taking a look at how the cab hailing app, Amazon,
Hermes, and Deliveroo deal with their staff.